Capo:4
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[Am] Darling, [C] darling, doesn't have a problem.
[F] Lying to herself 'cause her [Dm] liquor's top shelf.
It's [Am] alarming, honestly, [C] how charming she can be.
[F] Fooling everyone telling [Dm] how she's having fun.
Pre-Chorus
[Am] She says, 'You don't want to be like me.
[C] Don't want to see all the things I've seen.'
I'm [F] dying, I'm [Dm] dying.
[Am] She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[C] Famous and dumb at an early age.'
[F] Lying, I'm [Dm] lying.
Chorus
The [Am] boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [F] gives them butterflies, bats her [Dm] [Em] cartoon eyes.
She [Am] laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[F] Audio-tune [Dm] lies. She's [Em] still shining
[F] Like lightni[Dm] ng, ooh-oo[F] h, white lightn[Dm] ing[Dm7] . [Dm]
Verse 2
[Am] Carmen, Carmen, [C] staying up till morning.
[F] Only seventeen, [Dm] but she walks the streets so mean.
[Am] It's alarming, [C] truly, how disarming you can be.
[F] Eating soft ice [Dm] cream, Coney Island queen.
Pre-Chorus
[Am] She says, 'You don't want to be like me,
[C] Looking for fun, getting high for free.'
[F] I'm dying, [Dm] I'm dying.
[Am] She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[C] Street walk at night and a star by day.'
[F] It's [Dm] tiring, tiring.
Chorus
[Am] The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [F] gives them butterflies, bats her [Dm] [Em] cartoon eyes.
She [Am] laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[F] Audio-tune [Dm] lies. She's [Em] still shining
[F] Like light[Dm] ning, ooh-[F] ooh, white ligh[Dm] tni[Dm7] ng. [Dm]
Bridge
[G] Baby's all dressed up with [Am] nowhere to go.
[Em] That's the little story of [F] the girl you know.
[G] Relying on the kindness [Am] of strangers,
[F] Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours.
[Dm] Put your red dress on, put your lipstick [F] on.
Sing your song, song, now the camera's on.
[Dm] And you're alive again.
[A#madd9] Mon amour, je sais que tu [Am7] m'aimes aussi,
[Fadd9] Tu as besoin de moi,
[Dm] Tu as besoin de [Em] moi dans ta [A#madd9] vie.
Tu ne peux plus vivre sans [Am7] moi
[F] Et je mourrais sans toi.
Je [Dm] tuerais [Em] pour toi.
Chorus
[Am] The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [F] gives them butterflies, bats her [Dm] [Em] cartoon eyes.
She [Am] laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[F] Audio-tune [Dm] lies. She's [Em] still shining
[F] Like light[Dm] ning, ooh-[F] ooh, white ligh[Dm] tni[Dm7] ng. [Dm]
Outro
[Am] Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem.
[F] Lying to herself 'cause her [Dm] liquor's top shelf.
